Living Proof Ministries
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 760450571
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2022
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2022
- Location
- Houston, TX, USA
- Phone
- 2812573344
- Rating
- 74
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Christianity
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $2,769,453
- Expenses
- $3,077,297
- Assets
- $10,721,007
- Liabilities
- $291,843
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Living Proof Ministries is dedicated to encouraging people to know and love Jesus Christ through the study of Scripture. We believe we have been "baptized by one Spirit into one body" _(1Corinthians 12:13)_ and recognize the value and equality of all members of the body of Christ. We are "all one in Christ Jesus." _(Galatians 3:28)_ We actively support the unity of all believers eclipsing all denominational, economic, or ethnic diversities. We believe we have "different kinds of gifts but the same Spirit." _(1 Corinthians 12:4)_. We actively support the unity of all believers eclipsing all denominational, economic, or ethnic diversities. We believe we have "different kinds of gifts but the same Spirit." _(1 Corinthians 12:4)_ We believe that "our citizenship is in heaven and we eagerly await a Savior from there the Lord Jesus Christ, who, by the power that enables Him to bring...
What it reported doing in 2022
Living Proof Ministries (LPM)'s primary exempt purpose is to disseminate religious teachings through public speaking engagements, seminars, Bible classes, radio and television programs, and distribution of audio, video tapes, and written material. LPM participated in multiple conferences and simulcasts. Beth Moore taught at LPLive events plus other various events (30k total attendees). "Living Proof with Beth Moore" is a weekly TV program to reach people worldwide and encourage others to know and grow in Jesus through the teaching and study of His Word (2.7m households reached). LPM's online ministry outreach utilizes Twitter, IG, FB, LPM's app and Blog to give people encouragement, educate and build up in biblical truth; social media platforms combined to reach a total of over 3.8 million people. "A Quick Word" is a daily radio broadcast that reaches 530k people weekly on 380 radio outlets. LPM's online store disseminates religious teachings through audio, video and written material (29k individuals). Onsite ministry supported 11k individuals.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 85
- Transparency & Controls: 71
- Accountability: 76
- Sustainability: 40
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 86.9%; rating input score 87
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Pass
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 27.5%; rating input score 28; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -11.1%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.48; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 18.7%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5.8% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -4.7% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -1.4% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 86.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 6 of 9 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $2.7M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $250K · 10 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 34 of 35 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2010 to 2022
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 28/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 13/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.